Hello, On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 09:39:35 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Using 'ndev->dev.parent' (as in ravb) also should work... not sure which > > is better > > That was going to be my comment, too. I also haven't checked which > generates the smallest code. Using ndev->dev.parent actually generates bigger code (44 bytes larger) : $ size drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.o.* text data bss dec hex filename 27803 696 0 28499 6f53 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.o.new 27759 696 0 28455 6f27 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.o.orig .orig is my original proposal, .new is with ndev->dev.parent. I'm using a gcc 6.4.0 compiler. Note also that the driver is already using mdp->pdev->dev all over the place: $ grep -- mdp-\>pdev-\>dev drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c pm_wakeup_event(&mdp->pdev->dev, 0); pm_runtime_get_sync(&mdp->pdev->dev); pm_runtime_put_sync(&mdp->pdev->dev); device_set_wakeup_enable(&mdp->pdev->dev, mdp->wol_enabled); pm_runtime_get_sync(&mdp->pdev->dev); pm_runtime_put_sync(&mdp->pdev->dev); pm_runtime_put_sync(&mdp->pdev->dev); struct device *dev = &mdp->pdev->dev; Best regards, Thomas Petazzoni -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com